This paper investigates the overlap between employment status and poverty, drawing particular attention to the working … in Kyrgyzstan, who cumulated a high risk of being unemployed, of remaining longer in unemployment, of being discouraged …

European regions have experienced a polarisation of their unemployment rates between 1986 and 1996, as regions with … intermediate rates have been driven by changes in regional employment, only partly offset by labour force changes. Regions …

unemployment. Although these contracts have been widely used, unemployment has remained about the same after fifteen years. This … fixed-term contracts are cheaper. This generates an externality, which can make employment higher in the system with only … the renewal rate of fixed-term contracts into permanent contracts lead to higher employment levels. Finally, the model …

Average unemployment in Europe today is relatively high compared with OECD countries outside Europe. The majority of … countries in Europe today have lower unemployment than any OECD country outside Europe, including the US. These two fa cts are …), have very high unemployment and most of the rest have comparatively low unemployment. This variability is highly …

This paper tests whether aggregate matching is consistent with unemployment being mainly due to search frictions or due … as being on the short-side of their skill markets. The remaining workers match slowly, their re-employment rates … with reference to the design of optimal unemployment insurance programs. …